Staff Accountant – AP & Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Company Information

It’s not very often that a new asset class is born. But that’s exactly what we’re witnessing today with the rise of crypto. Bitwise Asset Management is the largest crypto index fund manager in America. Thousands of financial advisors, family offices, and institutional investors partner with Bitwise to understand and access the opportunities in crypto. For seven years, Bitwise has established a track record of excellence managing a broad suite of index and active solutions across ETFs, separately managed accounts, private funds, and hedge fund strategies. Bitwise is known for providing unparalleled client support through expert research and commentary, its nationwide client team of crypto specialists, and its deep access to the crypto ecosystem. We provide education, partnership, and professionally managed investment products tailored to this group’s needs, to help them build their view, pick their strategy, and get their exposure.

Position Overview

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Staff Accountant – AP & Operations to own and streamline our accounts payable and expense operations. This role is essential to our day-to-day financial activities and will play a key part in vendor management, month-end close, and accounting compliance. You'll work cross-functionally with teams across the company and serve as the go-to person for invoice, credit card, reimbursement, and payment-related issues. Success in this role requires someone who is not only detailed, accurate, and organized, but also outgoing and confident in reaching out to colleagues and vendors to follow up, problem-solve, and drive processes forward. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy bringing order to operational accounting, we’d love to hear from you.

Primary Responsibilities

• Act as a primary point of contact for internal teams on AP- and expense-related questions
• Manage the end-to-end AP process: invoice intake, coding (GL account, department, entity, project/job code, etc.), approval routing, and payment through the spend management platform
• Monitor the Backoffice AP inbox and ensure invoices are moved into the spend management system and cleared from the draft queue daily
• Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in invoice approval and coding workflows
• Ensure timely follow-up with vendors and internal owners on related matters
• Add and maintain vendor records in the system, including outreach for W-9s and banking info
• Conduct vendor maintenance and cleanup, including verifying invoice entity alignment, updating descriptions, and deactivating inactive vendors
• Review and code corporate credit card transactions
• Follow up regularly with stakeholders to ensure timely approvals, compliance with expense policies, and accurate coding
• Reconcile monthly credit card statements and follow up on any missing details
• Assist with month-end journal entries and supporting schedules for Accounts Payable, Prepaids and Accruals
• Perform bank reconciliations, including retrieving and reconciling statements
• Uphold and help evolve internal controls around disbursements and compliance
• Help support the ongoing NetSuite implementation and accounting system enhancements
• Assist with audit requests, including preparing support and responding to inquiries from auditors and consultants

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in accounts payable, operational accounting, or related finance roles
• Strong understanding of AP processes and month-end close activities
• Proactive communicator with the ability to build rapport across teams and with vendors
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing follow-ups independently
• Experience with Ramp, QuickBooks, and/or NetSuite is a strong plus
• Intermediate Excel skills (filtering, lookups, pivots) preferred

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary + Equity as a component of all offers
• Health insurance, including dental and vision plans
• Health, Depe